Sir Frederick Ashton: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton
Born September 17, 1904 • Guayaquil • Ecuador
Died August 18, 1988 (aged 83) • Sussex • England

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Dame Ninette de Valois
Irish-born British dancer
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Christopher Wheeldon
British-born dancer and choreographer
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Matthew Bourne
British choreographer and dancer
Dolin in Bluebeard, 1942
Sir Anton Dolin
British dancer
Antony Tudor
Antony Tudor
American dancer
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Sir Kenneth MacMillan
British choreographer
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John Field
British ballet dancer and director
Michael Somes and George Balanchine
Michael Somes
British dancer
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Constant Lambert
British composer
Herbert Ross
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
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Glen Tetley
American dancer
Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet-born dancer
Swan Lake
Sylvie Guillem
French dancer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Soviet-born American actor and ballet dancer
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Sir Robert Helpmann
Australian dancer
Bournonville, oil on canvas by Louis Aumont, 1828; in the Theatre Museum, Copenhagen
August Bournonville
Danish dancer
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Eliot Feld
American dancer
Maurice Béjart.
Maurice Béjart
French dancer
Joffrey, Robert; Arpino, Gerald
Robert Joffrey
American choreographer and director